Sorry man, but I just don't see it. Maybe we've just had different experiences though. For me, the vast majority of people with gauges/piercings/tattoos are some of the nicest, and most kind-hearted people that I know.

Northwest Indiana/Chicago is full of assholes too...its just that its a lot of the kind-hearted people who come out of the woodwork if you take the time to notice them, and a lot of those people are into piercings/tattoos/gauges.

I've actually only had pleasant experiences in Chicago lol. However, i more consider the people that have mods and start correcting people about terminology and whatnot, usually everyone gets that way. I find it to be the most annoying.